Proviron partners with Reverdia on “genuine green product”
02/10/2012
Bio-based succinic acid is derived from non-fossil feedstock and produced with sustainable production technologies that minimise carbon footprint. It is a building block that can be used in the manufacture of polymers, resins and many other products. Key applications already include footwear, but Reverdia has said a new production set-up it is developing in Italy will allow it to serve new application areas including polyester polyols for polyurethanes and elastane production for use in apparel. It has called its product Biosuccinium, saying it will “provide the impetus for an entire range of more renewable, and more sustainable products”.
According to the the new announcement, Biosccinium-based Provichem 2511 Eco will enable customers to improve the sustainability of their products.
Proviron’s Provichem 2511 Eco will be produced in Belgium and commercial volumes are available now. Biosuccinium will be produced in Reverdia’s new production facility, which it has called the world’s first large-scale commercial plant for renewable succinic acid. The factory is in Cassano Spinola, in Piedmont in northern Italy. This plant is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2012. Representative samples and larger volumes of Biosccinium are already available.
At the time of the new announcement, Wim Michiels, chief executive of Proviron, commented: “Reverdia, having developed a unique proprietary yeast technology to convert sugars into succinic acid, is the best partner to work with for the development of derivatives from bio-based succinic acid. We believe this technology is able to provide bio-based succinic acid with the best-in-class quality, sustainability profile and economics. Various customers have already approved our Biosuccinium-based Provichem 2511 Eco samples, and they are now scaling-up. This is a very good start for the commercialisation of this genuine green product and we see many more opportunities in the pipeline. We are also working on other Biosuccinium-based derivatives, fitting well with our area of expertise and market focus.”
For his part, Will van den Tweel, general manager of Reverdia, said: “This collaboration is based on great chemistry between the people of Proviron and Reverdia as well as great chemistry for a more sustainable world. Proviron supports the growth of Reverdia by developing interesting chemical derivatives of Biosuccinium. Proviron has strong expertise in a wide variety of potential derivatives for Biosuccinium and this partnership supports the market leadership position of Reverdia being a supplier of biobased succininc acid.”
Reverdia, a partnership set up by Dutch pharmaceutical company Royal DSM and Roquette Frères, a French manufacturer of by-products from starch, announced its plan for its production facility for bio-based succinic acid in Cassano Spinola earlier this year.
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